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The journey of service quality to loyalty: a gender-based multigroup analysis in car-hailing service
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The study examines the role of car-hailing service (CHS) online and offline service quality on satisfaction and loyalty. Moreover, it examines the impact of satisfaction on trust and its impact on loyalty, and the differences in the perception of males and females. The data was collected through a questionnaire from people who had experience using CHS. PLS-SEM and multigroup analysis (MGA) was used for hypotheses testing. The findings revealed that online and offline service quality both affects satisfaction and loyalty. Moreover, significant relationships were found between satisfaction, trust, and loyalty. The results of MGA showed that offline service quality predominantly affects the satisfaction and loyalty of females. Moreover, trust predominantly affects the loyalty of males in comparison to females. The study offers valuable insights to CHS providers as the findings benefit in developing strategies that help in catering to male and female users.
The journey of service quality to loyalty: a gender-based multigroup analysis in car-hailing service
Wajeeha Aslam; Imtiaz Arif; Kashif Farhat
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 1 - 24
The study examines the role of car-hailing service (CHS) online and offline service quality on satisfaction and loyalty. Moreover, it examines the impact of satisfaction on trust and its impact on loyalty, and the differences in the perception of males and females. The data was collected through a questionnaire from people who had experience using CHS. PLS-SEM and multigroup analysis (MGA) was used for hypotheses testing. The findings revealed that online and offline service quality both affects satisfaction and loyalty. Moreover, significant relationships were found between satisfaction, trust, and loyalty. The results of MGA showed that offline service quality predominantly affects the satisfaction and loyalty of females. Moreover, trust predominantly affects the loyalty of males in comparison to females. The study offers valuable insights to CHS providers as the findings benefit in developing strategies that help in catering to male and female users.]]>
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International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 1 - 24
Wajeeha Aslam
Imtiaz Arif
Kashif Farhat
IQRA University, Abid Town, Block-2, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan ' IQRA University, Abid Town, Block-2, Gulshan-e-Iqbal, Karachi, Pakistan ' Higher Colleges of Technology, University City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
car-hailing
loyalty
sharing economy
mobile app
service quality
trust
satisfaction
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Determinants of entrepreneurship and self-employment for older people in Chile
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In most countries self-employment rates move up along with age. This may reflect that people are expelled from wage-work as they age, facing more precarious job conditions. However, labour statistics tabulated by age might be affected by survival bias, that is, older people who remain in the labour force might differ from those who exit the labour force. To attack this problem, we estimate bivariate probit models with sample selection using Chilean data to assess the effect of aging on self-employment choices, controlling for the decision to remain working. We find that the age gradient in self-employment almost vanishes for all groups once we control for observable characteristics and for potential selection bias. These results suggest that self-employment is more frequent among older people mainly because of differential labour market exits between wage workers and self-employed, and not necessarily because of large transitions to self-employment at older ages.
Determinants of entrepreneurship and self-employment for older people in Chile
Julio J. Guzman; Juan I. Merlo
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 25 - 40
In most countries self-employment rates move up along with age. This may reflect that people are expelled from wage-work as they age, facing more precarious job conditions. However, labour statistics tabulated by age might be affected by survival bias, that is, older people who remain in the labour force might differ from those who exit the labour force. To attack this problem, we estimate bivariate probit models with sample selection using Chilean data to assess the effect of aging on self-employment choices, controlling for the decision to remain working. We find that the age gradient in self-employment almost vanishes for all groups once we control for observable characteristics and for potential selection bias. These results suggest that self-employment is more frequent among older people mainly because of differential labour market exits between wage workers and self-employed, and not necessarily because of large transitions to self-employment at older ages.]]>
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International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 25 - 40
Julio J. Guzman
Juan I. Merlo
Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad Andrés Bello, Fernández Concha 700, Las Condes, Santiago, Chile ' Budget Office, Ministry of Finance, Government of Chile, Teatinos 120, Santiago, Chile
entrepreneurship
mature-aged entrepreneurship
old-age entrepreneurship
senior entrepreneurship
self-employment
older workers
bivariate probit models with sample selection
Chile
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Application of green HRM and its impact on environmental performance: a case of construction projects
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In the recent era, environmental performance (EP) has gained the attention of academicians and practitioners. Green human resource management (GHRM) is considered very crucial as GHRM practices may help organisations to improve EP. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the impact of GHRM on EP in construction projects in Pakistan. Moreover, this study investigates the moderating effect of organisational culture (OC) on the relationship between GHRM practices and EP. Data were collected from the construction industry and structural equation modelling (SEM) through SmartPLS-3.3.5 was used to analyse the data. It is found that green recruitment (GR), green training (GT), and green compensation significantly influence EP whereas OC moderates the relationship between GR and EP but does not have any moderating effect on the relationships between GT, green compensation with EP.
Application of green HRM and its impact on environmental performance: a case of construction projects
Shams Tamimi; Ramshah Arshad; Saif ul Haq; Muhammad Ahsan Chughtai
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 41 - 62
In the recent era, environmental performance (EP) has gained the attention of academicians and practitioners. Green human resource management (GHRM) is considered very crucial as GHRM practices may help organisations to improve EP. Therefore, this research aims to investigate the impact of GHRM on EP in construction projects in Pakistan. Moreover, this study investigates the moderating effect of organisational culture (OC) on the relationship between GHRM practices and EP. Data were collected from the construction industry and structural equation modelling (SEM) through SmartPLS-3.3.5 was used to analyse the data. It is found that green recruitment (GR), green training (GT), and green compensation significantly influence EP whereas OC moderates the relationship between GR and EP but does not have any moderating effect on the relationships between GT, green compensation with EP.]]>
10.1504/IJBE.2024.135698
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 41 - 62
Shams Tamimi
Ramshah Arshad
Saif ul Haq
Muhammad Ahsan Chughtai
Department of Management Sciences, Bahria University Lahore, Pakistan ' Department of Management Sciences, Bahria University Lahore, Pakistan ' Department of Management Sciences, Bahria University Lahore, Pakistan ' Lahore Business School, University of Lahore, Pakistan
green human resource management
GHRM
green recruitment
green training
green compensation and benefits
organisational culture
environmental performance
structural equation modelling
SEM
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Impact of marketing policies and strategies on the advancement of sustainable development goals: a systematic review
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Through this research study, we aim to shed light into the discussion on the role that marketing strategies and policies plays in the attainment of SDGs. Companies that promote sustainability through their marketing initiatives have been proven to achieve greater appreciation than those that do not. Moreover, actions performed by organisations in different sectors within the sustainability framework demand the need to create a clear and comprehensive scheme that helps combine and clarify the typology of these actions and their contribution to SDGs. The main objective of this research is to understand the specific role played by marketing strategies in the achievement and progress towards a more sustainable world using the systematic review methodology. The major finding is to understand where the research on the topic is focused regarding the economic sector (secondary sector), the addressed goal (Goal 12), and the main marketing strategies and actions considered (being 'marketing orientation' the most mentioned and 'price' the least). In addition, this study provides some implications for researchers, managers and policy makers, related to the understanding of the SDGs, the actions to be taken and the relevance of citizens' education.
Impact of marketing policies and strategies on the advancement of sustainable development goals: a systematic review
Marta Marco-Gardoqui; Almudena Eizaguirre; MarÃa GarcÃa-Feijoo
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 63 - 86
Through this research study, we aim to shed light into the discussion on the role that marketing strategies and policies plays in the attainment of SDGs. Companies that promote sustainability through their marketing initiatives have been proven to achieve greater appreciation than those that do not. Moreover, actions performed by organisations in different sectors within the sustainability framework demand the need to create a clear and comprehensive scheme that helps combine and clarify the typology of these actions and their contribution to SDGs. The main objective of this research is to understand the specific role played by marketing strategies in the achievement and progress towards a more sustainable world using the systematic review methodology. The major finding is to understand where the research on the topic is focused regarding the economic sector (secondary sector), the addressed goal (Goal 12), and the main marketing strategies and actions considered (being 'marketing orientation' the most mentioned and 'price' the least). In addition, this study provides some implications for researchers, managers and policy makers, related to the understanding of the SDGs, the actions to be taken and the relevance of citizens' education.]]>
10.1504/IJBE.2024.135694
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 63 - 86
Marta Marco-Gardoqui
Almudena Eizaguirre
MarÃa GarcÃa-Feijoo
Management Department, Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014. Bilbao, Spain ' Management Department, Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014. Bilbao, Spain ' Management Department, Deusto Business School, University of Deusto, Hermanos Aguirre, 2, 48014. Bilbao, Spain
SDG
2030 Agenda
sustainable development goals
SDGs
marketing
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The determinants of non-consumption of disposable plastic: application of an extended theory of planned behaviour
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The main purpose of this study is to explore a framework to predict the non-consumption of disposable plastics behaviour, using the theory of planned behaviour and a further extension adding two new variables to the model: social media engagement and lifestyle values. The empirical research builds on a survey with a sample of 466 individuals using an online questionnaire. Data analysis followed a PLS-SEM approach, to test the group of hypotheses. The group of predictors of social media engagement, lifestyle values, attitude, perceived behaviour control, and intention explain 39.7% of the variance of the expected behaviour of no-use of disposable plastic, which is considered a high value in the consumer behaviour domain. Together, the results show that the theory of planned behaviour proved its applicability in explaining social behaviour and that social media engagement is a very relevant predictor of lifestyle.
The determinants of non-consumption of disposable plastic: application of an extended theory of planned behaviour
Joaquim A. Casaca; Ana Loureiro
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 87 - 116
The main purpose of this study is to explore a framework to predict the non-consumption of disposable plastics behaviour, using the theory of planned behaviour and a further extension adding two new variables to the model: social media engagement and lifestyle values. The empirical research builds on a survey with a sample of 466 individuals using an online questionnaire. Data analysis followed a PLS-SEM approach, to test the group of hypotheses. The group of predictors of social media engagement, lifestyle values, attitude, perceived behaviour control, and intention explain 39.7% of the variance of the expected behaviour of no-use of disposable plastic, which is considered a high value in the consumer behaviour domain. Together, the results show that the theory of planned behaviour proved its applicability in explaining social behaviour and that social media engagement is a very relevant predictor of lifestyle.]]>
10.1504/IJBE.2024.135693
International Journal of Business Environment, Vol. 15, No. 1 (2024) pp. 87 - 116
Joaquim A. Casaca
Ana Loureiro
Faculdade de Design, Tecnologia e Comunicação, IADE, Unidade de Investigação em Design e Comunicação, UNIDCOM/IADE, Universidade Europeia, Av. D. Carlos I, 4, 1200-649 Lisbon, Portugal ' HEI-Lab: Digital Human-Environment Interaction Lab, Lusófona University, Lisbon, Portugal
sustainable consumption
disposable plastics
theory of planned behaviour
social media engagement
lifestyle
structural equation modelling
PLS-SEM
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